"Water Day" to think about the water cycle (water cycle)

・We made a press release about the efforts of "Water Day"! （2024/8/1）

・We will exhibit at the Water Works Bureau event "Hamako Channel Festival 2024" held on August 21! Please come by all means!

(Last year's event)

In the Basic Law on Water Cycle (enforced in 2014), August 1 was designated as "Water Day", and a day to deepen understanding and interest in the importance of a wide and healthy water cycle (Mizu Junkan) was determined. In addition, one week from August 1 to 7 is "Water Week".

The water on the earth does not always stay in the same place as seawater or river water, but the energy of the sun evaporates seawater and the water on the ground surface, becomes clouds over the sky, and eventually becomes rain or snow. It circulates constantly, such as falling on the ground surface, flowing through water, sewers, and rivers to the sea. This series of flows is called "water circulation".

We produce a water circulation awareness video that will help us think about the preciousness of the water we can use and the importance of the water cycle. The Water Works Bureau characters are Mapyon, the water environment character Daichan, and the river character Hamakawa are navigating how the water circulating around us changes its shape, such as clouds, rain, and rivers. Check it out!
※We also rent out this video. If you wish, please contact the River Planning Division (telephone 045-671-4215).

There is also a water circulation enlightenment leaflet (PDF: 933KB) that explains the water circulation. Please read it!

(When printing, it is completed by printing on both sides of A4 size paper with short side binding, and folding the water circulation picture inside and three.)

・What is the water cycle? (Water Cycle Policy Headquarters, Cabinet Office)
　https://www.cas.go.jp/seisaku/mizu_junkan/about/ (outside site) https://www.cas.go.jp/english/seisaku/mizu_junkan/
・About "Water Day" and "Water Week" (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
　https://www.mlit.go.jp/mizukokudo/mizsei/tochimizushigen_mizsei_tk1_000012.html (external site)
・“Water Day” and “Water Week” (Kanagawa Prefecture)
　https://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/docs/h4k/cnt/f536862/ (external site)